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TELEGRAPH STATISTICS.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH, 1906...
S. C. FARNHAM, BOYD & CO., LD.
(IN LIQUIDATION.)
W.
DISTRIBUTION OF CHINA'S TRADE.
A correspondent in Shanghai samde to The Times a study of the distribution of trade of the Chincus Empire, which includes the following:-
THE MERCHANT SHIPPING BILL.
DEPUTATION TO ME. LLOYD GEORGE.
The last meeting of this Company to rooeive The report of the liquidator, was held at Bhanghai, on August 31st. Thers were present: Messrs. J. Prentice and H. von Rucker (Liquidators), J. H. Teasdale (Legal Adviser), A few figures taken from the annual report. R. Andersen (Acting Secretary), D. Cranston, of the International Telegraph Bureau for the W. G. Piris, E. O. Cumming J. M. Young, G. II. J. G. Mackenzie, H. & Rob rtson, A. year 1904 may be of interest to your readers. the list, her system extending over 1810 Houston kilometres with 700,000 kilom. of
offices; telegraph and 29974 follows with 180,80 kilometres comprising 600,000 kilometres of wires, but caly 752 telegraph offices, and Franco with boom 19 ti, ut 5 pan., au! on Wednesday. Februar-its Enying and siling of goods-is about to him that the veiled intsation of the Bill was
With regard to length of lines Cerminy kradharchor, J. Stewart, and M.
wires
then the aggregato length of wires was 5-120fo
tho
another quarter giving compensation, he did not know how it was going to be possible to continue their business.
kilom. whilet 1267 fees were open to the floreby authorised to courent to the registration art handled by Hongkong,
A large and iportant deputation walted upon Mr. Lloyd George, President of the Board of Trade, at the Board of Trade offices, Whitehall Gardens, for the purpose of laying The diffealty with regard to flongkong is before him the views of the British shipownere increased by the fact that it pablishes no on cartsin ulansos of the Merchant Shipping trade stati-tics. By this omission two ends ill now before Parliament. Mr. Russell Ros, are attained the freedom of this fraust of froe M.P., vice-chairman of the Shipowners' Parlis- iweured to the extent of allowing thementary Committee, beaded the deputation, porta Hongkong merchant to buy and sell na if
and the among the members of which were Lori political boundaries did not exist, and Nunburnholme, Lord Taverclyde, and represont Mr. J. Preutico read the following report:"
nof the world is focussed on its published In serceiance with the resolutions passed at ties of Russia shipping. With these this sountry. Me important shiporners of the
Mugby
among poris stavis proudly Mr. Lloyd George was accompanied by Mr. Horbert Gladston, Mr. Kerley, and 8. C. Farnham, Royl & Co Ltd, held at tho
regarding the demonstrable fact that its tradu
Mr. W. H. Raeburn (ibe Cly le) said it seemed Head (fire, 25. Breadway ou Tausday, January forward as the second port in the world, dis by Mr. Horbert 14th, 1986, at 5 pm, víz:
1.-That it is desirable to reconstruct the ball that of Shanghai, and with them shipping
as possible to the British shipowners. Whal kilom. length, 600,000 kilom. wires aud 19535 tolograph offers. The imgth of lines in Great Company and accordingly that the Company be gares it shows that shipping under the to make the employment of foreigners se difficult
toneage antering and clearing. This however, Britain in 1 did not exceed Hub kilom, but i wound up voluntarily not that Liquidators be/ British Bag contributes warre than if to the with repatriatisen clauses, food clauses, and a Bill
purpose of such winding up. appointed for
That The • said Liquidators be and they aru
does not help us to su surlerstanding of the of the trade of China. even of that
Mr. Walter J. Chambers (Liverpool) said that be nused The
Statisticiaux and editors, fro
ders, and
the Board of Tradeeppeared to bo ignorant of the public. The other countries fall far behind the of the now Company.
Shanghai Dock and Roginering Company; fair traders, British and
bre fact thal members of every European race ware, Limited with a Memorandum and Articles of figures bring:
use the figures
by and necessarily must employed on a a largu Association submitted at this Meeting to the drive
umber of British ships. If the object of the approved, to le confirmed the Chines Custom, and all tri shareholders and, it
quote, to prove the point
Bill was to render Lig employment of nativos mah ut a 1 Mouting.
as Chinese impossible, it simply meant that not That the said Liquidators in and they are met ligures which include in Britis
non-British goods which havo asetite
Caulgeculd then foreign sailors not be
be employed, hereby authorised to
all ich eps8 semblance of nationality by passing thrones but that the British ships could not be emfileverd. may be necessary to transfer the Asts and
the British Colony of Hongkong.
There was no question about that. Hiker Lillies of the old Company to such new Company sad carry into effect the two fore importance of the error may be gauged which could not employ Chinese suitors in Chinese is known that the rais.nf the trade ascribed to
waters they could not employ British ships, and Resolutions, an-sach Liquidators are going
Hongkong in the five years 1899-1901 was 1001 further wallerised pursuant to section 14 of
bear.) The Companies Ordiuncy of Hongkong No. 1 por ceat. of the whole foreign tende of Chinthe Japanese would sweep the cerau. (Hest,
base: 100 Cours
this error show that of 1985 Part 16 enter into an agreement 111 the British Empire provided 66, per cent. with snel Company, when incorporated, of China's s importa nad took 451 per cent. of her and to carry the sun into feet.
experts. This is a comforting, statement, and That Join Pratica Heinrich von Itucker. Sir Charles Bags and Williain Jardine calentatel to make Johs Bull turn over on his
and think, good pillow Gressonet are hereby appointed tha
of all possible worlds. Proceeding to uuniyse the tigates n says a
Kilom Kiloan. Top.
Dialy Austria
Turkey
lines. wires, officers 30,80 190,000 $1,580 41000 158,000 NZAP 12,000
982 58.5་།
Spain
Hanga
24,000
Norway
121000 3,797 SO OD 1,087
Belgian
100
Holland
』I!{6!t4
Broden
11,00
Switzerland
SHO
Portugal
30,000 S 20 234 09.600 2,170 24140
There was a telegraph office to every
square kilom
and inhabitant
IN
1,850
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20,9
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KODAKS
AT HOME PRICES.
No. 8. FOLDING POCKET KODAK 23-12-88) $38.00
4 CARTRIDGE.
= (25-15-08) $60,00
LONG. HING & CO..
THE
No, 17, QUEEN'S ROAD,
а
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CHAMPAGNE
OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
MOET & CHANDON.
DRY IMPERIAL.
GOLD FOIL.
PER CASE 12 Borrtes
SOLE AGENTS:
H. PRICE. & CO..
361
WINE MERCHANT'S,
Mr. R. J. Dunlop Che Clyde) said their fenc was that the cloven foot of Ecotection was m derneuth the principle of the Bill. For sxumple, they bud to provide all their sailors, with the CHINA AFFAIRS IN PARLIAMENT.
Mr. Lloyd George: i
I do not flink you need deal with that. I am cousipeed, from what Mr.
squidisters. For the purpose of carrying the best in this best man, that all is for xraption of Jasrare, with a Portaia dietary.
Great Britam foregoing resolutions into effect the Liquidators portion of the trade which passes throne Chambors has just naid.
THEY15
Tuckey Norway
L
Belgiam
Sweden
Switzerland
The number of telegrams forwardasi amounted
10:-
Millions.
islebitants 2015 102,2
16,6
RX
33
31
62
75,6
71,5
Great Britain Franc Gymnur Rukis
Austron italy
Hongary Belgina Holland Ewitzeriaml 45 The small grund ducky of Luxemburg deserves special mention for iu spite of its ti hed area il possessed 25 Kilom. Hors of, in length. 1151 Kilom. of wires and 220 Telegraph offessor que to every lura juhabitants; 14, 1 felezrams per bundred of its population were for forwarded -in the course of the year under review. The
comparatively small number of Telegrams Germany is explained by the extensive use made of the telephone in that ceantry; in Bos so million kecal renversations, 150 million ex urtune ones. were reverde, to which Feau with 200 and 12 millions respetarly rokes a tery poor second, the other countries being How
As a source of revesne to the state the telegraph service in Russia stands fast! yielding frs. 99jeszein pa, of which 11-14 fareigt messages, whilst the willions
corresponding [ligures for Great Britain tam Z
millions, and 12 millions, and for Germans
Tege to submit to the barotiollers their engkong is purely Chinese Chinese Royal Navy na au alternative to the food scale:
report.
The reconstruction of the Company has been daly carried into effect and the revision-fed Company can to existence at and frota the 1st May last pler the name and style of
THE SHANGHAI DOCE AND ENGINEKRING COMPANY, LIMITED.
The winding up of S. C. Franken, Begal and Co., Lal, has las completed, and the Assets and Liabilities have been transferred to the region. strents] am[>
The Arraunts, drly audited, am on this table. Shapes in S. 6. Paunhats, Boyd and Co., L., have been extenged for shores of an equal
Pileges.
Kard Nanbursholme asked the Board of Trade to adapt the food sale in us in the in transit from our Chinese port le chiar port, Gonds imported from a foreiga laid down in the first sebedule of the Bill le
such as is Hongkong, acquire certain thought it would be a little wiser if the Govern
and exemptions denied to the trade, and instauses are comraon of greata bing out could the shipowners before they
bimbrought in their Bill. River port to Hongkong re skipped from a Water Pura carica back curlar. Llegal for intramutation with tur
Lloyd Georg I plead guilty, imported at a port farther up rise further befors the Bill was yor introlased. I do not inland as gens foreign goods, entitles to all think there has are been a Bill with which the privileges as such. There is, moreover, a certain stipraece bave bean coasted more than this trade in the supply of provisions, building materials, A., for the 300,000 population of Hongkong itself.
We
Mr. James Cornuck (the Forth) spoke against clause requiring the shipowners to employ perch remarked that they regarded with res dissatisfaction and alarm any increase of restrictions.
rumar and equài par velne in the reconstructed | Hongkong and getting at the true components / Contificated aoks, and in the course of his
Company,
Shanghai, August 31, 1848,
JOIN PRENTICE Liquidator-- (Signed):
11. vex Broke, S The following resolutions were then put to the meating and entrei nom, dis.
Proposed by Sr. J. Prentice, seceded by Mr. J. M. Young: That the neonats snraitted to this meting and showing the manner in which the winding up his ten condested and the property of the Company disposed of, be revised autopid.
Proposed by Mr. 1 von Racker, seconded by Mr. G. Patts: That the books and secounts and dornaments of the company and of the liquidators, be handed over to the Shanghai Dock and Hygineering Co.. Ld.
This soneleled the business of the meeting.
A SENSATIONAL JUDGMENT.
Alene
To summarise the reauts of going labinda of the trade of Chips, wo find that in the five years 1881-1903 the average values into China armording to The Chinese Customs returns und according to the trae origis, compares us follows, in millions of taels
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British Eraptre Russian Empire ... Other countries
Imports.
Chinese
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Statistics, Statistics
129.7
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160.7
4. א
138,1
297.0
307.2
British Empire fluksian Empire... Uther countries
Exports. Chingg Statistics. Blatistics
40.-1 JAR $5.3
1906
True
2.S
2596
A
Mr. Lloyd George, is reply, said he did not think he at ever been privileged to receiss more influential and important dupation, or ou a subject of greater consequence to the indus tries of this country. notably to the shipping industry which he regarded as the greatest of allur industries. Ile frankly acknowledged that he Bill did in some spec's The responsibility of the shipping com
fort madis munity, and that there was no
incre
|
THE ANRUI MINING CONTRACT! In the House of Commons un Ang. 2nd Sir Edward Sassoon asked the Secmtary of State for Foreign Affairs: whether. In view of his settlement that the Was-wa-pu are endeavour ing to overcome the hostility of the local geutry in connection with the Anhui Bising contract, he would consider the expedienes of affording effectual assistance to the Central Governmen to enable them to carry out the concessions Buil. obligations into which they have entered in the just; and, if not, by what other method does expect to secure the legal rights of British subjects in China.
he
Sir Edward Gray: The answer to the test question is in the argatire. I have nothing to add to the statement already made in regaril to this concession to the affret that the efforts of His Majesty's Legation have been and are being directed to obtaining by means of repro- Fontations to the Central Government, permission for the protanters of the scheme to coma nor operations
THE NEWCHIWANG CONCESSION
Mr. Lonettula askeef the Sonetary of State for Foreign Affairs: Whether the British cones sion on the north side of the river at New
bwang, granted in the spring of 1899, has ever been taken over; and whether it is now intended to take steps to complete the acquisition of the
semp.
Sir Edward Grey: No report on the subjeci
on the part of those whom he addressed to of the concession has been received since April, restritat fenst, seriously the conditions in 18 The limits of the encession were the regard to food and neemumosiation which the still under dispassion with the Chinese authori Bill alfine ed to their work. But he would ties fuquiry is being made. ask them to bear in mind that it was not There were points altogether a one-sided Bit! in i distinctly in favour of the ship-owers. and he asked them to remember that the Government had been able to edit the ship awning community with regard to load line, The Bond of Trade were not altogther harassing the shipowners. The shipowners wurs holding their own in the ecmpetition with The Germans, it was true, were competing, and they were
markable pidable.competitors. It was a very r fact that, in spite of the assistans they got that Japan and Russia wore sending goods into from 681 Gvernment, the German shipping Manchuria through Wladivostock and (Taloy did not represent one fifth of the shipping of withant the payment of import duty. While British trade with Manchuria had diminished our copatry, and that was a fact in which we
by 4 per cent, in four years, the Uni ed States the suggestions sady, Mr. Lloyd George tail trade with Manchuria bad increased by 120 per sible for Part 1 of the Bill, and it was not for the Solicitar-neral was very largely respon- cent. He called attention to the non-carrying hio faexpressny opinion on some of the points rue that day without further cousallation with Sir William Rober. He thought the made out by Mr. Raeburn required most
BRITISH INTEREST IN CHINA.
Mr. J. Walton culled attention to the question of British commercial inter six in the Far East. He urged the Secretary for Foreign Affairs to comped the Chinese Government to keep to its engagements, malo in respect of louns and war If Chinese officials debt, to place Karep un officials at the head of the Maritime Customs. were allowed to be in charge of every port where. British goods went in, it wealt not bo long! for our trade would be tempered and reg-
કારમાં
by Chinese officialis. He complained
A sensational judgment was delivered by the
In this statomont the Chinese Customs #gure Court of Appel en August sth in the religious for China's exports require some re-adjus'inent. instuction dispute between the Crown and the 'ho values given to imports into the non-Chines Cenly Conneil of the West Riding of Yik. countries are, geuerally speaking, e.i.f. (the value
all the education at the moment of entering those countries), which they had to desi. EE7201 lire. authorities insituted by the Act of 1902, the probably in sit ass except in the United States.
Camil refused to pay the We Riding
In China, on the other hand, the values rives teachers in 1 non-provideal schools for the time spent by them in giving denominational to those same goods on leaving the country The attitude adopted vere, before 1901, based on lucal market prices, to which, it has been calentated, an average of 13 the council has been held to be legal per cent. must be added for export duty and the Master of the Redts and Lord Justice che lo got the fobrale hace a ought to late great pride Cutzing to deal with Farwell, forming a majority of the court, besides, the charges for freight, insurance &c., the other man Dr. Lord Justice Fletcher Moulton, dissenting. If the decision stards, but, adding only 15 per cent. for these the
country is fare to faen with one of the most xtraordinary situations ever known.
and 12 millions and for France 17 ad 91 religions instruction. millions
AND UF KAHINAYS
י
I will add a few figures gathered from afficial sources concerning railways and ibeir extension in different countries in the your 1901. It appears ibat the aggregate but of Religious education in dementary schools is by the Act passed by the late Ministry in 1902. which was supposed to had precisely the opposite result. The conduct of the passive nistris justified a law, and the distraints
comparison stands as follows-
Chinese Statistics.
Tru
Statistics,
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тан kuowu as the into effect of what Mackay commercial treaty, and asked what progresa had hun made to carry out the ogren- meat in regard to inland navigation. He considered it was the gravest misfortune that in sapplying China with railways. He could not understand is British commercial people had failed to put a larger share of bec ces dous
the railways of the world at the end of that held by a court of law to have been abolished British Empire 1004 millions Gost million cash con-ideration, and he thought on one of this country had not secured the largest shar
year was 266,ku Kilometros or 9709 mon than the year before and 48.400 more than at the clesy of 1942. The largest increase is reported from the United States being 90 Kilometres up their property a proved to have been whilst in Mexico 2770, in the Brazil 167 and in
Argentins 2600 Kilometres have been called
Birgal
Russian Empire 14-7 Other countries.
98.1
2102
30
11828
256
the Kronbors and
That
POSITION OF SIR ROBERT 'HART.
August 3rd M., Rees asked the Foreign Secretary whether the assurances given by the Gurenment of Chins to the British Legation
$57, H
$80,an
12, QUEENS ROAD CENTRAL.
FACE COVERED
WITH HUMOUR
Scalp One Mass of Sores, Hair and Eye-Brows Fell Out - Agony for Eight Long Years-Doctors Were Unable to Cure Her.
SPEEDILY CURED
BY CUTICURA
"I had suffered terrible agony and pain, for eight long years hem a terrible ee- zuma on the scalp and face. The best doctors were unable to help me, and I bad spent a lot of money for many remedies without receiving any benefit. My scalp was covered with scabs, tuy face was like a piece of raw beef, my eyebrows and lashes were falling out, and Bounctimes I felt as if I was burning up from the terrible itching and pain. then began treating myself at heitt, and now my hot and face are clear and I am entirely well. I first bathely face with Cuticura Soap, then applied Cuticura Ointment to the afflicted parts, and took Cuticura Resolvent for the leah. I was. greatly relieved after the first application, Bad continued use of Cuticura soon made a complete eure, -Miss Mazy F. Fay, Westboro, Mass.
AGONIZING ECZEMA
And Itching, Burning Eruptions with Loss of Hair, Cured
by Cuticura. Rathe the affected parts with hot water and Caticara Soup, to cleanse the surface of crusta and sales, and soften the thick- ened cuticle; dry, without hard rubbing, and apply Cuticura Oatment freely, to allay itching, irritation, and infamina. tion, and soothe ant heal; and, lastly, is to cool and take Cuticura Résolvent Pills to cleanse the blood. A single set is often sufficient to cure the most torturing, dia- figuring akin, scalp, and blood bumours, with loss of hair, of infancy or age, when doctors, medicine, and all else fails.
Callers Song, Pleuron, met Ple are wold the Hud
Blo
world. Ipons Laucior, 77 Charlie S
Faiz Australe. It Powers Cs, Sydney hau Drug
• 1.8, Ay Sole Frugine. Chers Cup Brist
Axiled Free All About the skin, fontp, and Hair."
56--17
STEEL-MAKING IN JAPAN.
his points something we'd have to be done The suggestions would be considered, and he It is Lupeluse to try to reconcile figuree hased would like the assistance of fr. 1 bure and others before they finally considered their amendments, and he would like the shipowners The comic element in the situation is upon a score of different national systems af art af flare ehel of a pesion, the greet, part of valuation, and with fiscal years closing on at lettin nomiants one or two representatives for that wale by Mr. which has been deviest in the House of Com-three different dates of the rulendar year, but wolis to a menstre for removing the grievance after much explanation and more calculation, uspoko tapplause) The cast w Chinese at Peking to the effet that no change would ; Chambers in le, Hathought he might be made in the methods of the administration 1
AN OUTCOME OF THE WAR promise him the acceptance of the suggestion of Chinese Customs had been carried out, and made
With regard
Sines the outbreak of tlas war between Japan gard to the food seal, it was whether the resignation of Sir Robert. Hart was due to any failure to carry ont sach
and Russia, little has her heard of the steel sentatives of the shipowners. Consulered by a Committes on which were repru
*surances. Committer recommendeda ceriain scale which in the main the Sir E. Gray replied: Mr. Carnegie, His works started by the Japanow Government st Government and adopted, the oply difference
Majesty
Charge d'Affairs at Peking, has Waksuston, in the southern part of the Empire. of the new fastructions to thee to that time the reports regarding it had not being in favour of the shipowners. He
not well disposed to it, because of were not
tho avalvad the Government for that, and he thought such appear to be contrary to the assurances given re
in criticista hand at have emanated from the by the Chinese Guvernzoent,
that the actal-ge expenditure which bad boon
Icess of the wiginal estimates; and the frank
that competent foreign experts was apinion of Mr. Lloyd George explained at length that he before. But I am inquiring as to whether to the money had not been spent to the best advan- shipowners, but the wamen. In conclusion administration of the Customs will continue as excess
His Majesty's | had had consultations with Mr. Norman Hill has been made quite olar.
lage
It was thought that the works had been and Mr. Cuthbert laws on the draft Bill, and Government have no reason to believe that the
would have been better if they had been arranged that he ined regarded them as representative of report of the intended resignation of ir E. plannil on tos ambitions s sole, and that it the shipowners. I also consulted the ship Hart is correct
to develop as the managers and workmen gained owners representatite in ParliamentSir, Robert Roper, und Mr. Austin Taylor.
On Augh, in the course of the debate experience. Almost every large establishment and it was too much to that took place on the motion for adjournment, of the kind in Europe and America has grown
able to
REMARKABLE GUNNERY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET.
Remarkable scoring has leren ontle in this for the Empire, the
the existing lines. The total increase in
of the passive resisters," them comes a lega! we are able to soe the true propertions of the was absolutely Europe Fell short of 0 Kilometres.
America con boart of the greatest fength derision which removes it entirely without foreign trade of China, based upon the figures live 1899-1903, up to the time, thut
years altering a word in the Act which was said to of the of railways viz. 450,174 | Kilometres, of
is, when the normal proportion was disturbat have created it.
We see that the British Empire, by the war. which the United States alone possessed 214,170.
instead of 79 per
supplied actually 52 For ceut.. Earops follows with 35,400, Asia will 772,
cent, of China's consumption, and, instead of Australia will £705, and Afies with 20070.
18 per est, took only 25 per cent. of her be made The Egures for the different countries apart
produce. While this correcties is from the United States are,
For the average Flet. The des revor Braizer," from her eiz. of the five years the Chinese returns give including Furled 54.700 Francs 15.77,
pounder gans, made 16 hits out of 5 rounds, million tele imported from Great Britsin, British India Austria Hungary 39,170, and from her 12-pouder gun six hits out of while the British returas give 668 milou toels Great Britain and Froland 30,3, and Canada right rounds. Thenrerage for the six-paunder shipped to Chins; in 1906 the actual shipments 31,550. The average length of lives per 100 gous is 14.30 hits per gan, which constitutes a to China increased to 21.0 is tapis.
record for this class of gun. The Bruiz r's" this the United Kingdom may find some squar Kilometres in Germany monated to 18 in the Kingdom of Buxony, to 1: 9ivores are better than those made by the de- sedace.
stroyer Dragon," which was recently compli Bader, to C, in Alsace-Lorraine, to 10, 2 in mented by Vies Admiral Lord Charles 13
Kurlaw. Wurtemberg, lo . in Bavaria and 65 9,5 in ea lor performans. The cruiser Prussia Belgium was very much in advance in the heavy gur layers test, madis 42 bits out of of any of them, the metu there being 2 rounds, the best gun's serebeing 11 route 11 bile from -1.7in gun. The next best score Kilometres per 100 sq. kik metres whilst in was I rounds, 10 hits. Great Britain it did not exceed 11.7 sad stood as low as 4, in the United States. The total cost of construction of the railways of the world is estimated at 178 milliard marks or shout 9 milliard pounds sterling, the European lines being accountable for sinut kalf that
Germany 55,560 Kilometres, Europeni Rússia 1reur's firing #1ercises in the Mediterranean | Kingdom have to be incre for the United not think there was much gratitude shows Inspector-General of Customs. They do not been facouuble, and the members of the Dist
amount.
rexford
WSIHAIWET IMPROVING, The report of the British Commissiouer at Weibuiwei for the year 15 shows that the affairs of the station are in an increasingly prosperous condition. The total revenue and expenditure for the last five years is us followe
and
MANILA RAILWAY AND AMERICA.
WEATHER REPORT.
THE CHINESE CUSTOMS.
Mr. Rees again called attention to the Mackay from small intering, that the Japanese
It
Treaty, and to the necessity for further expert, says
to manage ancossfully a concession to British sabject in China would, at once, bo
every department all interested the very large work, complete in considered by Was
and with all the latest improvements. Chion
01 trade to
paranout
On the outbreak of the war the Government portapre that the Customs should remain
had to make the fullest possible men of all the before, under European control d
The Manila Railway Company has for several
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued years past teen occupied with negotiations to settle the various claims against the United as following report:---
On the St at 11a.m. The barométer has
An Imperial decree to this opportunities within reach, and thus a sum of States Government arising from the insurrec
13,064,000 yen was given to the foundry out of tion which flowed the American occupation in Japan and fallen slightly over the sepervision.
(beeffect, act only containing the vorentina be extraordinary funde raised for war purposes
bey" but also the inten Pullippines.
ending tremblingly obey” of the Philippias Islands, and the result of Gall of Peelili. Hoagkong and
The depression is probably approached the tien that it should be obeyed, appeared to be and the works are now in a comparatively such negotiations are now set forth in a circalar to the share and security holders. An arrange- ment has been arrived at, the board state, const in the neighbourhood of Hainan, Strails.
It
By continues to move towards N.W. whereby in oxenge for certain advantages
is highest over Central Chine. It a oloar definition of its position the company surrenders its various claims against remains low over N.E. Japan in rear of the United States. The state of uncertainty depression which was passing to the Northward prevailing ever since the termination of the of Hokkaido and moving towards the Pacific Spanish sovereignty over the Philippines has yesterday afternoon.
Departures from the normal pressure are thas come to as end,
slight
except over N.E. Japan and in Heng The terms of the settlement which have been
KODE
where it is in defect by about 0.2 inch. provisionally agreed.are as follows:
All claims against the United States at 10a to-day, 90 inches. Government er Philippine Commision to be
railway The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon waived. All claim against the company by the United States Government er to-day is as follows:- Philippine Commission to be waived. Cerlain reductions in connection with load taxation. Hongkong & Neighbourhood The cancellation of the old Spanish eoncession, roliering
the company of onerous conditions. Railway Company to an American Corporation Her which undertakes to construct about 430 miles
Yeurs.
Reveano. Expenditure. 1901-1902... THE UNSHIPPING OF TEA.
$ 22,22 $121.877 1982-193 35,456 102,044 19 3-1904.
59,586
163,873 1905...... The steamship Hunteman, of the Harrison
1904.1
90.355
162,282 146,000 1905-1906 105,934 line, arrived in the Port of London on July 30th from Calbatta, with a large cargo of tea.
The deficit onch year has been met by a which was unshipped by s new system. Since grant-in-aid from Ingerial funds, which has tea was first brought to London the number of been as follows during the past five years: chesis broken in anteading has been the despair 19:1-1902, £11,250; 1962-1963, £12,000; 1993 of the contractors. The new invention is a 1964, £9,000; 1994-1905, £8,000; 1905-1906,
worked by electricity
The chests are placed on the rollers! and carried from the ship's hold into the storage ebed, without Intervention by men or the
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£3,000.
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efficient condition Last year the output was Beerscary in the present situation.
is year the Sir Edward Grey, in his reply, stated: from 60,000 to 65,000 tons of steel; this year quantity is estimated at $0,000 tona, and The question of the Chiness Customs--a most
With next year it will be from 120,000 to 130,000 tons. important point-los bien raised. regard to Sir Robert Hart, we have had no If the capacity of the smelling farnsees were information that he intends to resign, and I increased, the output could easily be raised to am not in a position to say what his intentious 180,000 tons. The sum of 3 million yens direct method purposes of the foundry, to be spread over he will take some more
will be usel in part for adding to may be. I one that when he does resign appropriated by the Diet last session to the of intimating the fact than that which has several years,
ard the sm Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending therto been stated in the Press. With regarding furnaces, and thus in 1908" the will torn out 189,000 town of steel. It to the Chinese Customs.. I do regard it as most will be remembered that in the middle of 1993 rital in the interests of trade, in the interests the foundry was regarded as almost a complete of Chiness
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wince, Chinees oroit, the 1 the steinistration of the splotated by the Commiten of investigation ked whole ancora should be handed over to worked strong; equally, which it had boon so successfunt & private company, and a bill drafted to legalise showery.
hitherto, and that it E.
efficient and honest administration. Chinese the transfer. The outbreak of war with Russia, changed the whole conditions, moderate,
progress is intimately bound up with the however, E. South coast of China between
winds.
maintenance of the Chinese Customs on the and the Government were able to extend and Hongkong and Lamecks í stroog. tines laid down by Sir Robert Hart, and that is complete the foundry without Parliamentary Couth coast of Chips between 2
Cyclonic gales.
subject which will receive the close attention consent, and to make it an industrial success. It is now a flourishing concern, giving Hongkong and Hainan..)
of His Majesty's Government.
employment to 6,000 bands.
bydraulic machinery on the quay. The effect plexion, Mrs. Ellen's Crême Charmant, Laithe transfer in some form of the Manila Formosa Channel...... bas been to eliminate the breakages and to Charmant and Special Skin Tonic and Foudre considerably reduce the number of men en Charmant will enable you to do it. ployed in apleading. Messrs. Serattons, the Specialities for the Skin are the study of contractors, have experimented will electricity lifetime. A., Watson & Co, Ltd, Sole Agents. for many years, without success hitherte
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